Resource centre for ZX Spectrum games
using Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy game engines

Links

The following list of online resources related to JSW/MM games for the ZX Spectrum is by no means comprehensive. It does contain, however, some of the most relevant ones, which may serve as a good starting point for any further exploration.

I. General Spectrum resources

World of Spectrum
"The official world archive for the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the largest on-line gaming center on the Internet."

Spectrum Computing
A huge repository of Spectrum software based on the ZXDB database, with active forums.

RZX Archive
The main repository of recordings of Speccy games (last update: 2021).

TZX Vault
An archive of Sinclair ZX Spectrum games in .TZX tape format (last update: 2018).

Speccy Screenshot Maps
A large collection of maps created from screenshots of ZX Spectrum games.

The Tipshop
A central archive for all Spectrum and SAM games hints, tips, cheats, maps, hacks and pokes.

II. General MM/JSW resources

JetSet Willy & Manic Miner Community
Currently the most active forum dedicated specifically to the subject of MM / JSW games.

Central Cavern - The Wonderful World of Willy Facebook Group
Facebook group "For EVERYTHING associated with Willy, the surprisingly athletic character who starred in such games as Manic Miner, Jet Set Willy and its sequel, The Final Frontier".

III. Editors and the creation of new games

John Elliott's JSW site
Home of JSWED and the JSW128 and JSW64 game engines.

SkoolKit - Richard Dymond's website with complete disassemblies of Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy

J. G. Harston's JSW Resources
Resources including download links to various JSW game editors.

Mirror of Arsen Torbarina's Jet Set Willy Tech Page

Disassembly of the Jet Set Willy game engine

IV. Websites of MM/JSW games and authors

JSW Corner
Home page of a number of JSW games by various authors.

Richard Hallas's ZX Spectrum page
Home page of Join the Jet-Set! and Jet-Set Willy in Space with some interesting historical and technical information.

Purple Unicorn Software
Home page of Pip The Pipistrelle and Terry The Turtle.

JODI
Home page of Jet Set Willy Variations.

JSW Remakes
Gawp (Gary Pearce)'s JSW pages containing a lot of information related to MM and JSW games by various authors (last update: 2002).

V. Historic websites of MM/JSW games and authors

Dr Andrew Broad's ZX Spectrum site (an archival version of his Geocities site on Oocities - last update: 2009)

The following websites are no longer online, but you can find their archival versions on the Wayback Machine.

Geoff Eddy's Jet Set Willy page

Nick Aldridge's ZX Spectrum site

Igor Makovsky's JSW site

Visa-Valtteri 'jet_visy' Pimiä's JSW site

IX. Past resources

This section features links to various JSW- and MM-related resources that were online in the past, but are not any more. You might still be able to retrieve some of their content from the Wayback Machine.

Spirantho's Shrine to Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy
A website dedicated to MM and JSW.

Matt Thompson's article on JSW games

"Jet Set Willy Paradise !!" - Nittamituaki's ranking of difficulty of JSW and similar games

"El sueño del minero loco" [Crazy Miner's Dream] - Leo Rojo's article on MM and Matthew Smith (in Spanish)

"Miner 49er: 49 Facts About Manic Miner"

"Jet Set Willy, Trading Classiness for Freedom on Spectrum"

Darnkitty.com, with online "JSW" and "MM" as well as "Willy's Mountain Party" and "Willy: The Pyramid Maze" (plus other non-JSW games)

"Willy's Epic In The Timeless Zone"

"Jet Set Willy - New Adventures In Sci Fi"

"Get Set Boogie"

"Fast Manic"

"Another Jetset Willy"